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The Collected Works of William Morris

With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris

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[AUGUST]

[Stanza not used in the final version.]

[_]

In the draft there are four stanzas, of which the last three were selected.

In this sweet field high raised above the Thames
Beneath the trenched hill of Sinodun
Amidst sweet dreams of disembodied names
Abide the setting of the August sun,

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Here where this long ridge tells of days now done;
This moveless wave wherewith the meadow heaves
Beneath its clover and its barley-sheaves.